Simsanphoto S.L   Barcelona photo production

Spanish photographer Javier Pla, who developed his career in New York, has joined the Simsan team for management in Barcelona.

Conrad Piepenburg has shot the new BMW M5 catalogue in Tenerife's amazing landscapes.
Tiempo BBDO Madrid has assigned the new national Larios campaign to Simsan, shot by Spanish NY-based photographer Luis Sanchis (Thomas/Treuhaft NY).
Lingerie label Princesa, through Enric Aguilera Agency have opted again for photographer Alfonso VQ to do the Seamless line catalogue and the Lux 04 product line.
The new Airwick campaign was shot by Roger Casas with Euro RSCG Bcn, in collaboration with Oliviagency for hair, make-up & styling and Boris from Spotlightservice.
Kai Weichmann (Eastphotographic) has been collaborating with Simsan shooting the campaign to launch the new Playstation game with the agency TBWA London.

Voodoo Productions S.L   Barcelona commercials production

Voodoo produced the new Telegate commercial with German star Verona Feldbusch:

Client: Telegate - Title: "Gully".
Agency: Heye & Partner (Munich, Germany)
Production Company: Markenfilm (Hamburg, Germany)
Producer: Uli Scheper - Director: Stephen Manuel - DOP: Peter Meyer.

Lantana Films   Barcelona commercials production

Lantana Films is a Commercial Production & Service Company based in Barcelona, which is exclusive in its representation of 4 directors. In this Newsletter we introduce to you Marten Persiel:

He worked as an assistant editor in Hamburg and completed a BA in directing/writing at the University of Westminster.
Since 2000 he has worked for clients such as British Knights, Eastpack and the Financial Times, and for agencies like MRM, Saatchi & Saatchi and Bates & Farm.
He has been directing and editing in Spain since August '01 and is now exclusively represented by Lantana Films.
Marten's style is fresh, funny and spontaneous, and his music videos and commercials have won prizes inside and outside of Spain.

Dolce Vita Productions   Barcelona photo production

Dolce Vita has been involved in productions for SEAT (Klaus Stemmler), Nike (Txema Yeste) and New Yorker/Fishbone (Frank P. Wartenberg).

Dolce Vita is branching out with a collaborative new project: May 20th will mark the unveiling of Activarte, an exhibition of the work of 40 established and up-and-coming artists. All pieces are for sale and part of the proceeds will go to the "Niños del Mundo" organisation.

Location: B8, Constitución 19, Bloque 8, No. 45, 1o - 2a, Opening Event: By invitation only. Drinks, DJs and performances. 8pm-2am, May 20th. Exhibition: 11am-10pm 21-23 May. For further info or for invitations, contact Dolce Vita Productions.

Contra Service Productions, S.L.   Barcelona commercials production

Spain:
Commercials for VCI were shot by photographer Julia Briggs in Mallorca.
In-house commercials for Vodafone were shot by photographer Gerhard Linnekogel in Ibiza through the JWT London agency.
A corporate brochure for UBS Bank was shot by photographer Bern Hoff in Barcelona.
Brochures for Opel LCV are being shot by photographer Rainer Stratmann, through the McCann Ericksson BCA agency, in Catalunya from now until mid-July (2 weeks location search, 2 weeks prep, 5 weeks shooting).

Germany:
Ads for BMW (Asian market) were shot by photographer Thomas Strogalski in Belgium and the Netherlands, through the U5 agency.

Setup productions   Barcelona commercials production

Throughout April, Setup Productions has been co-producing the new ADIG Investment campaign with Golden Gun Hamburg. Photographer Jürgen Herschelmann and his crew have been to Barcelona's aquarium, a spectacular yet “sharky” location, and to almost every charming spot in the city.

Another time-consuming job was an 18-minute feature for BMW's new compact car, the BMW1, to be launched in September 2004. TVT Media, with one of our favourite directors Martin Kriegler, had to visually compare the BMW1 with its competitors: Audi A3, Alfa147 and Golf 5, in attempt to prove the Bavarian product to be the best.
It took BMWs Formula One Test driver Fritz Lanio all he was worth to drive the four cars to their respective limits. 5,000km around Catalunya covered in one week, 9 production vehicles moving and one big truck - no accidents.

Mago Production   Barcelona tv/ video production

Mago Productions did the new advertising campaign for Hein Gericke, a German brand of motorbike accessories. The spot was broadcast on German and Austrian television.
It was a low-cost digital picture production that was fully developed at Mago Production: concept, editing, graphics, sound and music.
Directed by: Claudia Gutierrez - 3D: Rafael Aveldaño
Graphic Design: Iban Arnau - Music: Daniel Rappa
Photographer: Andreas Fechner - Producer: Peter Keydel

Barcelona PLATÓ Film Commission   Barcelona movie production

The start of 2004 has been one of the busiest periods for the city council's film commission with nearly 130 productions already registered. Significantly, 28 of these come from outside Spain, 26 of which are from inside Europe. Four are co-productions with local companies.
Among the largest co-productions registered by Barcelona Plató is the Tulse Lupper Suitcases trilogy by filmmaker Peter Greenaway. This ambitious project involved collaboration between Great Britain, Spain, Holland, Russia, Italy, Luxemburg and Hungary as well as Barcelona's own ABS Productions.

Robert Penkwitt   Barcelona advertising photographers

Robert is back from Cape Town having shot for several German clients there. An exhibition of his work was held in the Joao Ferreira Gallery, the largest in South Africa.

At the moment, Robert is preparing for the Cologne Art Fair, where he will exhibit more of his latest photos, all of which will be linked to his fashion work.

He recently finished shooting for Elegance in Barcelona, and is currently preparing for a shoot in Sardinia. His last two in Paris will be published in the upcoming issue of German fashion magazine Neue Modemagazine.

Sergi Jasanada   Barcelona advertising photographers

Sergi Jasanada shot an editorial dedicated to formal evening dress and jewellery for the new issue of Pasarelas Internacionales.

Models: Valeria Z. (SS&M), Claudia (Traffic) and Asia (View).

Hair & Make-up: spectacular work by Pilartxo and Montse Ribalta (Servimatge).

Art direction: Sebastia Alcala.

Studio Alava   Barcelona rental studios

The photographer Javier Tles shot the pictures for the Ocean Lingerie Catalogue.

A number of the Spanish models including Vanesa Lorenzo, Laura Ponte, Martina Klein, Laura Sanchez, and Minerva were dressed by Alberto Murtra for an editorial in El Pais Magazine. Photographed by Nico.

Isabel Janer, fashion stylist at Telva Magazine, worked on their "Sport Chic" editorial with photographer Sergi Pons.

The Telefonica Deportistas campaign with tennis player Ferrero was produced by Blanchon. Javier Salas was photographer. Production company Zindara did the casting for Diesel.

Sergi Pons shot the pictures for Vanidad Magazine with model Minerva and styling was done by Miriam Arruga.

GROUP MODEL MANAGEMENT   Barcelona fashion models

Our model David Guillo was booked for the following campaigns:

Dunhill
Trussardi Jeans
Mariella Burani (Perfume)
Timberland
Diesel Underwear

Fleming Models   Barcelona fashion models

Our model Caroline Roy did the latest cover for London magazine Hair.

Actor Salvador Santana was extremely impressive on an aired TV commercial for American Brooks.

Daniela R, Miss Austria 2001, will be in town during spring season.

La Agencia S.L   Barcelona fashion models

We will soon see Matilda looking sexier than ever in Martini's new spot, which was rolled in Cape Town and is to be aired across Europe.

Diesel has chosen our fantastic city to shoot its new global campaign, and we are delighted to announce that Jessica Sanroman has been chosen to take part in it.

Photographer Frank P. Wartenberg worked with Alletta and Simon Guder for New Yorker. Once again Barcelona was a perfect location for the job.

Alletta's freshness and charm were inspirational: she will lead the McDonalds European campaign, and she will appear alongside Vera Jordanova and Kasia S. across Spain in the new Larios campaign.

Javier Murgoitio   Barcelona styling, hair and make up agents

Javier Murgoitio worked with Víctor Cucart on the Arte de Vivir editorial in April.
Model: Vanessa Romero.
Hair: Javier Murgoitio for TECNI.ART.
Make-up: Javier Murgoitio for Mac.

He also worked, this month, with Nuria Taboada on a personal project.

Olivia (Salvagency s.l.)   Barcelona styling, hair and make up agents

Our web page is being regularly updated. Be sure to check out all the new work each hair&make-up artist has attained in the last couple of months.

Olivia has recently recruited two new talents: Juan Cansado and Diane Horrocks.

We are currently adorning the dresslab web page´s Beauty section with a collaboration of photographer Alfonso VQ, make-up Jose Sequi and hair by Salva G. - don't miss it.

Agencia Make-Up   Barcelona fashion stylists

Agencia Make-up represents 19 Illustrators who collaborate on national and international projects involving fashion, music, interior design, fabric printing, "style life", advertising, story board & rough, editorial, animation, children's world, new technologies, murals and more.

Some of our clients:
Conde Nast, Loewe, Custo Barcelona, Virgin Records, Hugo Boss, Planeta, Roberto Verino, El País, Screaming Mimi's, Pepe Jeans, Baume & Mercier, Wella, Jocomomola, Siemens, Coca-Cola.

SPOT PROFESSIONAL LIGHTSERVICE   Barcelona lighting/ electrical material

Spot Professional Lightservice now provides all necessary equipment, including the newest Briese- and Profoto-technic, for photo shooting in Spain and Portugal.

Whether in Malaga, Madrid, Lisbon or Tenerife, Spot Professional Lightservice will deliver your photo equipment to all locations in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands quickly and on time at a reasonable rate.

Stereorent   Barcelona installations & audiovisual engineering

Stereorent was chosen to provide service for the VIII Spanish Music Awards, in Madrid on the April 15th. For this event, Stereorent installed a 5mx4m Leds Screen integrated into the set to transmit the musical performances.

Alejandro Sanz, Las Niñas and Bebo Valdés & El Cigala were some of the artists awarded.

Ovide Broadcast Services   Barcelona camera/ accessories video

Ovide Broadcast Services donates 0.7% of its 2004 total annual invoicing with their collaboration in audio-visual productions supported by NGOs (ONG) to promote peace.

For more information please contact Mayte Millan at the Communication Department.

Visit Barcelona S.L   Barcelona apartments

Productions welcome!
Two wonderfully modern newly renovated apartments are typical of the Old Town in Barcelona.

Located only 20 seconds walk from La Rambla and beside the famous Boquería Market, the two apartments, Boqueria 1 & 2, have a total capacity of ten people. The first-floor apartment offers space for up to four people. It is equipped with air conditioning, a double bedroom and a double sofa bed in the living room. The second, larger apartment holds up to six. A well-equipped kitchen, for closet gourmet chefs, is an added advantage of the location.

Destination BCN   Barcelona lofts and houses

DestinationBCN: offering you apartments with a stylish and personal touch.

Indulge for a while in a swaying daydream about the perfect city trip: live like a Barcelonan among Barcelonans. Your neighbourhood is El Born, the area in Barcelona where just about everything hip is happening now when it comes to art, fashion, classy restaurants and cool cocktail lounges. Turning the area into a sweet blend of old history and a modern, artistic and cosmopolitan atmosphere.

The interior of your home is soothing and proficient, designed with an eye for detail and comfort. Tailored for both business and holiday travellers, we additionally offer the possibility to use our apartments for photo shoots.